# difficile
## English
### Etymology

From late Old French difficile, from Latin difficilis, from dis- + facilis (“easy”).

### Pronunciation

* (UK) IPA: /ˈdɪ.fɪ.saɪl/
* (US) IPA: /ˈdɪ.fə.səl/
* Hyphenation: dif‧fi‧cile

### Adjective

difficile (comparative more difficile, superlative most difficile) (obsolete)
* Hard to work with; stubborn.
* Difficult.
** 1603, Michel de Montaigne, translated by John Florio, The Essayes […], London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC:, Folio Society, 2006, vol.1, p.185:
    […] forasmuch as he was to judge of an internall beauty, of a difficile knowledge, and abstruse discovery.

#### Derived terms

* difficileness

#### Translations
## French
### Etymology

Inherited from Old French difficile, from Latin difficilis.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /di.fi.sil/
* Audio (France):(file)
* IPA: [d͡zifɪsɪl], [d͡zɪfɪsɪl], [d͡zɪfsɪl] (Quebec)
* Hyphenation: dif‧fi‧cile

### Adjective

difficile (plural difficiles)
* difficult
    Synonym: ardu
    Antonym: facile
    Near-synonym: compliqué
    la critique est aisée mais l’art est ‘’’difficile’’’ ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
* choosy, fussy, picky
    être ‘’’difficile’’’ ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
    faire le ‘’’difficile’’’ ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

#### Derived terms

* difficilement
* difficulté

### Further reading

* “difficile”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

## Interlingua
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /difˈfi.tsi.le/

### Adjective

difficile (comparative plus difficile, superlative le plus difficile)
* difficult

#### Antonyms

* facile

## Italian
### Etymology

From Latin difficilis.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /difˈfi.t͡ʃi.le/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -itʃile
* Hyphenation: dif‧fì‧ci‧le

### Adjective

difficile (plural difficili, superlative difficilissimo)
* difficult, hard
    Antonym: facile

### Noun

difficile m or f by sense (plural difficili)
* person who is intractable or hard to please
** 2012, John Green, translated by Giorgia Grilli, Colpa delle Stelle [The Fault in our Stars], Mondadori, page 36:Mi divertivo a fare la difficile.I enjoyed being coy.(literally, “I enjoyed being a hard-to-please person.”)

### Noun

difficile m (plural difficili)
* difficult time or moment
    il difficile ormai è superatothe hard time is now over

#### Related terms

* difficilmente
* difficoltà

### References

* ↑ difficile in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

## Latin
### Etymology 1

From difficilis (“difficult, troublesome”) +‎ -ē.

#### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /difˈfi.ki.leː/, [d̪ɪfˈfɪkɪɫ̪eː]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /difˈfi.t͡ʃi.le/, [d̪ifˈfiːt͡ʃile]

#### Adverb

difficilē (comparative difficilius, superlative difficilissimē)
* with difficulty

##### Synonyms

* (with difficulty): difficiliter, difficulter

##### Antonyms

* (antonym(s) of “with difficulty”): faciliter, facile

##### Related terms

* difficilis
* difficiliter
* difficilius
* difficillimus
* difficultās
* difficulter

### Etymology 2

Inflected form of difficilis (“difficult, troublesome”).

#### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /difˈfi.ki.le/, [d̪ɪfˈfɪkɪɫ̪ɛ]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /difˈfi.t͡ʃi.le/, [d̪ifˈfiːt͡ʃile]

#### Adjective

difficile
* nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular of difficilis

### References

* “difficile”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* difficile in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

## Middle French
### Adjective

difficile m or f (plural difficiles)
* difficult

## Norman
### Etymology

From Old French difficile, from Latin difficilis.

### Adjective

difficile m or f
* (Jersey, Guernsey) difficult

#### Derived terms

* difficilement (“difficultly, with difficulty”)

## Old French
### Alternative forms

* difficil (masculine oblique singular)

### Adjective

difficile m (oblique and nominative feminine singular difficile)
* difficult

#### Descendants

* French: difficile
* Norman: difficile (Jersey, Guernsey)